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[Updated] Some fun commands for Google Now / Home and Assistant – Some Easter eggs too

Apr 30, 2017

It’s no secret that Google wants to compete with Apple in almost all areas. In fact Google’s main rival in the smartphone sector is Apple. When Apple launched Siri, Google Now was the answer to that from Google. They are obviously not the same, but indeed have a lot of similarities. Many commands work with both and give mostly the same answer or reaction. The major difference is Google Now is its capability of changing the whole user experience of the OS. Day by day this capability of Google Now is increasing and to be frank in near future it will be one of the best voice-assistant ever, in fact it will be much more than just a voice assistant. The only complaint about Google Now was how it is no fun to interact with. But Google has hidden a lot of Easter eggs in Google Now to make the experience fun. But in my opinion it doesn’t matter if it’s fun or not, I just want it to work and Google Now does that always.

Now let’s see some of the Google Now commands, some fun things to do with and then some hidden Easter eggs.

Let’s go with the general voice commands first:

Google is the search engine giant, so a product from Google will have the search features highlighted. In “Google Now” also it is not different. We will start with some commands for searching in Google Assistant and knowing the exact answer instead of a list of webpages which may have the answer.

Ok Google Now Commands and tricks

Search for [Pizza recipes]

Open [gmail/youtube/app name]

Translations – Say “what is your name in Spanish.”

Meanings and definitions – What is the meaning of obscure

Sports schedule and information

When is [Next Barcelona game]

Show me [Premier League] table

Did [Barcelona] win their last game

Science and other fields’ questions & answers

What is milky way

Who invented telephone

Who is married to Gwyneth Paltrow

Stock price of Google

Author of Harry Potter

How old is Larry Page

Weather information and forecasts

Will it rain today/tomorrow/etc

Is it going to rain today/Monday/etc

How is the weather in [place] on [day]

Date and Time

What is the time in [place]

When is the sunset/sunrise in [Place]

What is the time zone of [place]

Calculations

What is the tip for [amount]

[convert] currency/measurement [unit] to currency/measurement [unit]

All basic mathematic calculations(how much is 10 times 20, square root of 81, etc)

Saying “Askew or “Tilt” – gives you a tilted search results page like on web.

Google Home / Assistant Easter Eggs

“OK Google, beatbox.”

“OK Google, can you rap?”

“OK Google, sing a song.”

“OK Google, sing ‘Happy Birthday.'”

“OK Google, entertain me.”

“OK Google, surprise me.”

“OK Google, give me a random number between X and Y.”

“OK Google, read a poem.”

“OK Google, bark like a dog.”

“OK Google, do you speak Morse code?”

“OK Google, do a barrel roll.”

“OK Google, what are the three laws of robotics?”

“OK Google, how old are you?”

“OK Google, make me laugh.”

“OK Google, what am I thinking right now?”

“OK Google, do you ever get tired?”

“OK Google, what is your quest?”

“OK Google, did you fart?”

“OK Google, what’s brown and sounds like a bell?”

“OK Google, what did my cat say?”

“OK Google, tell me about Alexa.”

“OK Google, are you friends with Alexa/Cortana/Siri?”

“OK Google, what did my cat say?”

“OK,Google, Hodor.”

“OK Google, wubba lubba dub dub.”

“OK Google, up, up, down, down, left, right, B, A.”

“OK Google, do you like Star Trek or Star Wars?”

“OK Google, aren’t you a little short for a storm trooper?”

“OK Google, set phasers to kill.”

“OK Google, what is the loneliest number?”

“OK Google, here comes dat boi.”

“OK Google, who’s the fairest of them all?”

“OK Google, where’s Waldo?”

“OK Google, what’s cooler than being cool?”

“OK Google, is the cake a lie?”

“OK Google, who would win in a fight between Superman and Batman?”

“OK Google, are you feeling lucky?”

“OK Google, crystal ball.”

“OK Google, Mad Libs.”

With that I am winding up this article. I hope you have more commands for Google Now and Google Home in your arsenal than you had before reading this article. If you happen to know any Google Now commands or Easter Eggs for Google Now, please share it by commenting below. Share your thoughts about Google Now too.

Another Easter Egg: “Okay Google: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” It answers: “A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood.”

“Sudo Make Me A Sandwich” now brings up a map to the closest sandwich joint and says, “Here is [name of shop]”

When asked “What’s your favorite color” it responds with, “Pictures of Google” or “Google, here you go”.
You can also use “What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?” as a number in an equation. “Ok Google. What is the answer to life, the universe and everything divided by 7?” To which it responds “6”.

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